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This episode features a special conversation between Opera News Editor-in-Chief, F. Paul Driscoll, a
Dvořák's Czech masterpiece has opera returned to the Met this season with a new, fantastical product
Today's episode features an engaging interview with Met Opera chorus master, Donald Palumbo, origina
With the Met's new production of Romeo et Juliette coming to theaters around the world this Saturday
In today's episode, a Talking About Opera lecture on Verdi's first big hit, which includes Verdi's p
In this episode, Guild lecturer Naomi Barrettara takes an in depth look at the musical and dramatic
Just after it's Met premiere, Kaija Saariaho's L'Amour de Loin will be broadcast Live in HD to theat
Rossini's final opera, Guillaume Tell, is the grandest of them all. Composer and conductor Victoria
Perhaps Verdi's grandest opera, Aida has been a staple of the opera repertory since its first perfor
Composed by Czech nationalist, Leos Janacek, Jenufa incorporates the beauties of Czech music, langua
Don Giovanni is an ingenious fusion of bumbling comedy and the earnestness of tragedy. Here is forme
From the famous opening "Tristan Chord" to the final "Liebstod," Wagner's Tristan und Isolde is cons
Tristan und Isolde opens the Met's 2016-17 season in a new production starring Nina Stemme and Stuar
For this episode, we are going to dip our toes into the wonderful world of languages with soprano Ja
Today’s episode features an exploration of Wagner’s GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG, concluding our mini-series of e
We are now moving into part three of a four episode series on Wagner’s Ring Cycle. Each episode in t
This episode is part two of a Talking About Opera recording on Wagner’s Ring Cycle. This mammoth wor
The second half of the summer is a special time for German opera fans, as people from all over the w
This week we are happy to present our third and final instalment of Memories from the Golden Horsesh
Picking up right where we left off in Episode 41, Part 1, this is Part 2 of a Talking About Opera le